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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Legatt under arrest before escaping?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Seven weeks.

2. What images of the captain and Legatt does the author create?
(a) All of these.
(b) The two men standing next to one another.
(c) The two men wearing identical clothes.
(d) The two men similar in stature.

3. What alternative does the mysterious stranger weigh against boarding the narrator's ship?
(a) Sleeping on the rope ladder.
(b) Strangling himself.
(c) Sinking from exhaustion.
(d) Diving to the bottom of the gulf.

4. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?
(a) "Murderer!"
(b) "You're under arrest!"
(c) "Grab him!"
(d) "Help him!"

5. What does the captain believe about the body in the water?
(a) He believes it is a legless corpse.
(b) He believes it is a headless corpse.
(c) He believes it is a man from the strange ship.
(d) He believes it is one of his crew members.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?

2. What is the name of the ship approaching dangerously close to the crew's ship at the beginning of the story?

3. What do the captain and the stranger immediately share in common?

4. What does the captain mention after his meeting with the officers on board the ship?

5. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?

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